THE FIFER

CHEERS RICHARD COULD BE GOOD FOR THE SCHOOLS AND ANOTHER MARK-UP FOR P/BASICS, WITH ENTRY FEE AND SALE OF BIRDS GOING TO THE PRIZE COULD BE WORTH THINKING ABOUT,

WELCOME ABOARD CHRIS

A PIGEON BASICS ONE LOFT RACE WITH ALL BIRDS BEING DONATED TO SCHOOLS, WITH A WEEKLY REPORT GOING BACK TO THE SCHOOL, PRIZE ETC, OR AM I JUST DREAMING, IS IT POSSIBLE RICHARD????? WHO EVER PUTS A BIRD IN DONATES IT TO A SCHOOL, (STILL DREAMING) WOULD NEAD SOMEWHERE TO RACE THEM FROM ETC,

YES I WEAR A LOFT COAT, AND SHOES, (the garden shoes u get slip ons) THE COAT IS KEEPING UR CLOTHES U GO IN THE HOUSE WITH CLEAN ALSO THE BIRDS GET USED TO IT,

the birds are heavier too in fife

they chase them but they just come back, but they will kill and eat ur pigeons, at leased they will scare them,

they are a nightmare jimmy if nesting near u,(CARRION CROWS) and its during the racing (APRIL) onwards they start ,a couple of years ago i had to shut up my loft for the year it was just impossible to let birds out, i still have them around yet so have to be very careful another local fancier got it last year, the nest which was givving me bother just seemed to vanish, don't know what happened to it, must have been the wind, but they are still about .

if they don't get pigeons back in the limelight they will have plenty time to sleep very soon.

don't u believe it tartabboy, they chase the hawks but do not keep them away, but the biggest problem is the chase and kill ur birds as well i lost 8 2 years ago, carrion crows, they will even go in ur loft and take youngsters, but no they are deadly when nesting near u,

WELL DONE WE NEED A LOT MORE OF THIS, IT'S GOOD FOR US AND GOOD FOR THEM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIGEON,

YES I HAVE A PHOTO SOMEWHERE OF HIM PRESENTING THE QUEEN WITH A BIRD

IT ALL MAKES SENCE,

CHOP UP SOME GARLIC PUT IT IN A PLASTIC BOTTLE LET LIE FOR A WEEK, PUT IT IN THE BIRDS BATH WATER, U WILL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE ON THEIR FEATHERS ALSO KEEPS LICE ETC AWAY, PUT SOME IN A SPRAY AND SPRAY AROUND UR LOFT FLOOR, AND IN GAPS IT KEEPS FLIES ETC AWAY, ALSO SMELLS GOOD AND GOOD FOR UR BIRDS NOSTRELS KEEPS THEM KLEAR, AND AS SAID GOOD FOR PLANTS

THIS IS WHAT'S NEEDED NOW-ADAYS, SOMEONE TO STAND UP FOR THE SPORT WITH GOOD BACKING, SINGLE UNIONS AND FANCIERS ARE NOT HEARD, LET THEM KNOW OUT THERE JUST HOW BIG THE PIGEON SPORT IS IN THE UK OR EVEN EUROPE, AND MORE PIGEONS AT SCHOOLS AND LIBERATIONS THROUGHOUT, TO LET THE PUBLIC SEE JUST WHAT GOOD THERE IS IN PIGEON KEEPING, AND ALL THE MONEY AND GOOD WILL WHICH GO OUT TO CHARITIES ETC. THATS IT I'M OFF MY SOAP BOX,

hi clockman i am keeping in touch with the buyers of lots 2 and 28 which have been paid, they were rung 3 days ago,

what amazes me is most towns and back gardens are over-run with crows (SCAVENGERS) dropping poo all over the place, eating the smaller birds and yet no body is bothering about doing anything about them, and if the pigeon fancier complains about them or hawks, they are just trying to protect their pigeons as what the public and powers that be think, and its the same here with the flu.

100% bruno, they are the ones which should be giving their views, there is a chance people will listen to them rather the the fancies, my opinion is we are being trodden on, and its like hyacinth say's the bulic has a big voice, and the political people must go by them whether they think they are right or not its for votes, what chance in a town with 20 odd pigeon fanciers and 3-4 thousand non fanciers going against pigeons, answer NIL:

ARE U IN A CLUB, ARE U GOING TO BE RACING THIS YEAR RICK?

VERY GOOD, THIS IS WHAT IS REQUIRED TO LET THE TEACHERS AND YOUNGER GENERATION KNOW JUST WHAT RACING PIGEONS ARE, GOOD CLEAN WELL LOOKED AFTER AND HEALTHY BIRDS, WELL DONE

THAT'S OK MARK BUT IF THE PUBLIC ARE GOING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF PIGEONS DISEASES, THEY ARE GOING TO CAUSE TROUBLE, AND DON'T SAY IT WONT WORRY U, REMEMBER THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS COVERED NOW WITH THIS ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVOUR LAW, ALSO U WILL GET THE BLAME FOR ANY ILLNESS HAPPENING TO THEIR CHILDREN,

YES HE IS DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT U KNOW THE BIGGER THE VIOCE THE MORE THEY WILL LISTEN,THE PIGEON FANCY IN THE UK OR EUROPE FOR THAT IS A BIG ORGANISATION, BUT ONLY ONE STANDING UP IS TOO SMALL, THEY MUST ALL GET TOGETHER ON THIS, I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANY RESPOND FROM THE SHU, PIGEON ORGANISATIONS SHOULD ALL GET TOGETHER AND PUT THINGS RIGHT, BEFORE ITS TOO LATE, THE PUBLIC ARE ONLY GETTING WHAT THE PRESS PUT OUT AND THATS NOT GOOD.

PUT UR HAND OVER TO YOUNGSTERS IN THE NEST, THE ONES WHICH STAND UP WITH PUFFED NECK AND SNAP AT U ARE COCKS.

I AGREE WITH U BRUNO, BUT IS DEFRA GOING TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, ITS THE PAPERS THAT THE PUBLIC READ AND GET THERE INFO FROM AND NOT GETTING THE TRUE FACTS, IS DEFRA OR ANYONE ELSE PULLING THE PAPERS UP IF THEY ARE WRONG, IF THE PUBLIC GET SOMETHING INTO THEIR HEADS THEY ARE A LARGE FORCE TO DEAL WITH, AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO THE FANCIER AS THEY THINK WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST, JUST THE SAME AS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAWKS BEING KILLERS, THEY JUST THINK WE ARE LOOKING AFTER NUMBER ONE, ITS ABOUT TIME ALL ORGANISATIONS IE UNIONS ETC IN THE UK GOT TO GETHER AND GET THINGS PUT IN PLACE AND PUT THE PRESS IN PLACE IF THEY ARE NOT PUTTING OUT THE TRUE FACTS, BECAUSE AS OF NOW THE PUBLIC ARE GETTING SCARED OF ANY BIRDS, AND WHAT MAKES PIGEONS LOOK BAD TO THEM IS THEY FLY ABOUT IN BATCHES .

ITS GOOD FOR U, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW U USE IT AS TO HOW U SMELL, I USE IT IN MY PIGEON BATH IT KEEPS THEM KLEAN, AND THE LOFT DOES SMELL OF IT BUT IT KEEPS THE BEESTIES AWAY, VERY GOOD IN THE BATH WATER, ALSO GOOD FOR SPRAYING ON UR ROSES KEEPS THE GREENFLY AT BAY